#A8ADE4#A8ADE4

#A8ADE4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.079 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ADE4
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(235, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 10.21, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 29.96, 289.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0141 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.079 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0920, 43.8123, 79.4646)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ADE4 #E4DFA8

analogous

#A8CBE4 #A8ADE4 #C1A8E4

triadic

#A8ADE4 #E4A8AD #ADE4A8

tetradic

#A8ADE4 #E4A8CB #E4DFA8 #A8E4C1

square

#A8ADE4 #E4A8CB #E4DFA8 #A8E4C1

split-complementary

#A8ADE4 #E4C1A8 #CBE4A8

monochromatic

#4B55C7 #7981D6 #A8ADE4 #D7D9F2 #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8ADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#A8ADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ADE4

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ADE4	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.079 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c5ec',
    500: '#a8ade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ade4;
$custom-light: #c3c5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76327,
    "c": 0.07889,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ADE4

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B325C0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ADE4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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